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Link Local Address

In computer networking a link local address is the IP address that is to be used for communication within a logical division of the network or in the broadcast domain to which the host is connected The uniqueness in addresses is not assured in another network segment A link-local address is an IPv6 unicast address that can be automatically configured on any interface that uses the link-local prefix FE80::/10 (1111 1110 10) and the interface identifier in the modified EUI-64 format.

Link Local AddressThe general idea is that the address is only valid and usable for the local link or local network segment. The exact meanings of these terms vary by protocol. Firs, link-local address is alway an IP address. Not always, most commonly people do mean a link-local IP addresses when they use the term. Link local addresses are used for communication between two hosts which are on the same link when no other IP address is specified In simple words at the time of booting up the OS tries to configure an address on its

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